Nvidia HDMI fail

[therealmattdamon]

When my Nvidia gtx660 S2 sends 1080 video over HDMI to my TV the picture is all choppy.

I'm really annoyed since I'll bet the equivalent Sapphire Radeon would NOT have the problem, but they were all sold out.

 

[CraigN]

The problem could be any number of things. Check the cable, try a different screen if you have one available, or try a DVI-to-HDMI connection to check if it's a bad port, to rule everything out.

Could just be just unlucky and got a bad card. This happens from time to time, and yes, even with Radeons.

 

[therealmattdamon]

stupid Nvidia sucks. My old Radeon HD4870 performed better. Why doesnt Tomshardware reviews include a simple video push to a TV? Waste of my goddamn time and money.

 

[CraigN]

Because in a perfect world, a video card will push to TV just fine regardless if it's NVIDIA or AMD. No need to do a specific review on that capability, as a functioning monitor, cable, and video card will all perform relatively identically.

If you're here just to troll bait NVIDIA fans instead of actually addressing the problem with your product (i.e. bad cable/bad port on the TV end/bad port on the video card), let me know so you can stop wasting the "goddamn time" of people who are actually trying to help you. Because instead of just accepting the possibility that you might have been unlucky enough to get a bad card, or that there might be SOMETHING ELSE wrong and trying any of my suggestions and giving feedback for more help, you came back here just to bash on a brand.

Bad cards happen *just* as often on the AMD side as well, arguably slightly more often if you look up some manufacturer's RMA rates. *Everyone* gets unlucky sometimes. I've had bad AMD cards and bad NVIDIA cards a plenty. When you're ready to keep trying to diagnose your problem/return your card, let someone know.

 

[RobCrezz]

My nvidia card works fine to my TV. Just make sure you have the scaling correct. Go into Nvidia control panel, then enable desktop resizing, then move the sliders until you see white bars at top/bottom and both sides.

 

[therealmattdamon]

I reconnected my old Sapphire Radeon HD 4870. The exact same file that stuttered on the Nvidia GTX660 works beautifully with the 4870. RMA RMA RMA RMA RMA RMA RMA RMA RMA RMA

After I get this all taken care of I can finally go back to my movie career.